Biodiversity

Things related to the web of life; ecology; wildlife; endangered species

Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017

Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.

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November 15, 2021

DEADLINE: EJN Biodiversity Story Grants

Internews' Earth Journalism Network is offering reporting grants of $1,000-2,000 to support the production of in-depth stories that highlight previously untold threats to global biodiversity or explore new conservation-based solutions. Deadline is Nov 15, 2021.

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How Open Source Seed Producers Are Changing Global Food Production

"Around the world, plant breeders are resisting what they see as corporate control of the food supply by making seeds available for other breeders to use."

Source: Ensia, 12/14/2016

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Creating a Learning Community Through Community Journalism

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People & Population

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Newly Leaked: CRS Explainers To Help Environmental Journalists

The Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy publishes leaked copies of Congressional Research Service research papers. Here are a few recent ones of use to environmental journalists.

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September 27, 2016

The Swarm Inside: Making Sense of the Microbiome

Please join us Tuesday, either online via live webcast or in person at New York University, for a lively conversation about the myriad microbes that make us tick with science writer (and now bestselling author) Ed Yong and the eminent microbial geneticist and museum curator Susan Perkins.

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September 10, 2016

DEADLINE: EJN's Biodiversity Media Initiative Fellowship Program to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity's COP13

Journalists (especially indigenous and those from developing countries) are invited to apply to Earth Journalism Network's Fellowship program during the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Cancun, Mexico, in December 2016.

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"Dredging of Miami Port Badly Damaged Coral Reef, Study Finds"

"The large-scale dredging of Miami’s port to accommodate the newest generation of freighters, an undertaking that prompted a long-running battle with environmentalists, caused widespread damage to a portion of the area’s fragile and already distressed coral reef, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration."

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Source: NY Times, 05/02/2016